For people just getting started with SketchUp, there are 5 critical concepts that most self-taught SketchUp users don’t take the time to learn. Watch this video to save yourself a bunch of pain. Your future self will thank you!

There’s an important step when rendering that people often miss. Learn the 5 things to do in this step to avoid getting mediocre renderings out of V-Ray for SketchUp.
In this video, we cover:
* How to position the Sun in SketchUp so that V-Ray can properly shine sunlight into your model
* Techniques for using Groups, Components & Layers in SketchUp to make your rendering workflow more efficient in V-Ray
* Tips for organizing your materials to make them easier to work with in V-Ray
* The difference in how V-Ray renders details, and why you need to add more of them in SketchUp to take your renderings to the next level
* How to optimize your polygon count in SketchUp for faster, higher quality renderings in V-Ray
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Here are some links to things in this video:
* Watch this Before you Get Started with SketchUp (YouTube video): https://youtu.be/xsteCTxxg1Y
* Learn How to Render in SketchUp (YouTube video): https://youtu.be/yYZuVpddCgk
* SketchUp Pro 2018 (application): https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro/new-in-2018
* V-Ray for SketchUp (extension): https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup
* Solar North (extension): https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/solar-north
* Round Corner (extension): https://extensions.sketchup.com/pl/content/roundcorner
* 3D Warehouse (website): https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com
* Extension Warehouse (website): https://extensions.sketchup.com
* House model courtesy of David Thompson, Assembledge+ (http://www.assembledge.com/)
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AND IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET STARTED WITH V-RAY...
Here's what we recommend you do:
First, download a 30-day free trial of V-Ray for SketchUp here: https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup
Then, sign up for a 7-day free trial of our video course library membership and work your way through all the lessons in our V-Ray for SketchUp course: https://www.sketchupschool.com/video-course-library
Once you've gotten through our course, download the V-Ray Render Ready Checklist and use it as a reference as you apply what you've learned to your projects: https://sketchupschool.com/vray-render-ready-checklist
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Watch this before you get started rendering in SketchUp (applies to any rendering extension).
In this video, we'll teach you The Photographer Method. It's a mental model that we teach in our 2 day class called Photorealistic Rendering on a Deadline. The Photographer Method helps students understand how to approach renderings in SketchUp.
This video includes:
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- A detailed tutorial on how to set-up professional 2-point lighting for your renderings
- 3 easy Photoshop recipes for quickly enhancing your SketchUp renderings
So if you've been overwhelmed by how to get started with rendering in SketchUp...
... or you're confused about the rendering process...
... or you've wasted a bunch of time tweaking rendering settings and waiting for renderings that disappoint...
... then be sure to watch this video.

Do you need SketchUp Pro? In this video, you will discover 10 SketchUp Pro features that design professionals depend on to get the job done. Inside the video, we cover:
* The differences between SketchUp Pro 2018 and SketchUp Free
* Using LayOut for design presentations & construction documents
* Importing and exporting features for SketchUp
* Some of the SketchUp Pro only toolsets specifically for design professionals
* And how to extend SketchUp's capabilities with Extensions
If SketchUp Pro looks right for you, you can try it free for 30 days. Just head over to SketchUp's website to download the free trial: https://www.sketchup.com/download
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VIDEO NOTES
Links to a few things we showed in the video:
* Watch this Before you Get Started with SketchUp (YouTube video): https://youtu.be/xsteCTxxg1Y
* Learn How to Render in SketchUp (YouTube video): https://youtu.be/yYZuVpddCgk
* SketchUp Pro 2018 (application): https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-pro/new-in-2018
* SketchUp Free (web application): https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-free
* SketchUp Make 2017 (application): https://www.sketchup.com/download/make
* V-Ray for SketchUp (extension): https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup
* Round Corner (extension): https://extensions.sketchup.com/pl/content/roundcorner
* Artisan Organic Toolset (extension): https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/artisan-organic-toolset
* 3D Warehouse (website): https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com
Extension Warehouse (website): https://extensions.sketchup.com
Sketchucation (website): https://sketchucation.com/
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